Plastic recycling headlines by topic
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Agricultural plastics
- Cleanfarms examines farm plastics recycling potential
- Film specialist puts $20 million behind capacity growth
- Ag plastics recycling effort to kick off in Maine
Asia
- Details on Circulate Capital’s Indian plastics investments
- US and Canada approve pact as Basel restrictions near
- COVID-19 and China drive global market changes
Brand owners
- Keurig agrees to settle coffee pod recyclability suit
- How to hit the targets
- MacArthur Foundation: Coca-Cola and others boost PCR use
Canada
- Canada Plastics Pact publishes 2025 circular economy roadmap
- Report compares recycled-content certification programs
- Cleanfarms examines farm plastics recycling potential
Challenging materials
- California’s carpet stewardship fees to consider recycled content
- Mixed-plastics processor enters end-market sector
- Partnership pushes growth for mixed-plastic user
Collection
- Waste Management increased plastics collection in 2020
- Deposit data
- Worldwide voyage shares plastics recycling know-how
Container deposits
Converters
- Amcor buys more PCR and develops sortable mini-bottle
- Firms collaborate on chemically recycled cup for Wendy’s
- Trex CEO: Recycled plastic demand will stay strong
Courts/lawsuits
- Keurig agrees to settle coffee pod recyclability suit
- PureCycle faces SEC investigation
- TerraCycle and brands settle California labeling lawsuit
EPR/stewardship
- APR: Industry input crucial to implementing state bills
- California’s carpet stewardship fees to consider recycled content
- Group reports 21% carpet recycling rate in California
Europe
- Plastic pollution draws federal and global attention
- How ‘supercritical’ CO2 can lead to cleaner recycled resin
- Digital watermark project advances in Denmark
Exports
- Plastic exports take a tumble in third quarter
- Plastic pollution draws federal and global attention
- Amid shipping crisis, recycling loads often ‘first to get cut’
Film
- NOVA and film producer increase post-consumer resin use
- Trex to spend $400 million on third PE recycling plant
- APR rolls out revised film recyclability guidance
HDPE
- Notable names are among recent FDA letter recipients
- Greystone reports lower revenues and profits
- Recycled HDPE furniture producer to expand capacity
Industry groups
- MacArthur Foundation: Coca-Cola and others boost PCR use
- US PET bottle recycling rate continues to sink
- APR: Industry input crucial to implementing state bills
LDPE
- NOVA and film producer increase post-consumer resin use
- Firm launches price reporting service for scrap polyolefins
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
Legislation
- Plastic pollution draws federal and global attention
- Lobbyists report on federal recycling proposals
- Recycling labeling debate primed to heat up nationally
Marine debris
- Nonprofit: Recyclables a small portion of marine litter
- Reuters: Renew Oceans project shuts down
- Details on Circulate Capital’s Indian plastics investments
Markets
- Natural HDPE leads wider decline in bale prices
- Waste Management increased plastics collection in 2020
- Report examines how to boost recycling markets in Texas
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Enhance recycling with infrastructure
- In My Opinion: Comparing the nation’s first packaging EPR laws
- In My Opinion: Yes, plastics circularity is achievable
PET
- Amcor buys more PCR and develops sortable mini-bottle
- Thermoform recycling realities
- Packaging producer opens RPET thermoforming plant
PP
- KW Plastics adds dedicated polypropylene wash line
- Keurig agrees to settle coffee pod recyclability suit
- Firms collaborate on chemically recycled cup for Wendy’s
Processors
- ADS acquires major PP recycling company
- KW Plastics adds dedicated polypropylene wash line
- PureCycle faces SEC investigation
PS
- AmSty aims to increase PCR in food packaging
- Prime producers partner up on PS chemical recycling facility
- Novolex brand begins using recycled PS in cutlery
PVC
- Building product makers detail recycled resin use
- AZEK discloses plastics recycling details
- Recycled plastic end markets expand
Research
- Multiple factors constraining food-contact PCR supply
- Federal institute funds plastics recycling research
- Plastic pollution draws federal and global attention
Rigid plastics
- End user in Southeast expands mixed-plastic capacity
- QRS Re-Poly sold to settle debt from failed expansion
- Packaging producer boosts PCR consumption by 37%